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NIFTY close, Tue 6 Oct 2026

Published 23:45 IST on 6 Oct 2026

Reading	Value	Note
NIFTY 50	22,776.10	+220.35 · +0.98%
INDIA VIX	13.61	−1.17 · −7.92% · NSE's daily index close file (NSE index closes)
Week band	2 of 2	inside 21,973–22,871
Max pain	22,700	13 Oct 2026 · PCR 1.13

Where the index and its vol closed

Series	Close	Change	%	High	Low	Previous
NIFTY 50	22,776.10	+220.35	+0.98%	22,776.10	22,561.60	22,555.75 on 5 Oct 2026
INDIA VIX	13.61	−1.17	−7.92%	14.78	13.52	14.78 on 5 Oct 2026

Observation date: 6 Oct 2026
Updated: 23:45 IST on 6 Oct 2026
Units: index points
Frequency: each NSE session
Source: NSE's daily index close file (NSE index closes)

The week against the band drawn before it

At the close of Thu 1 Oct 2026, NIFTY 22,421.95 and INDIA VIX 14.46 put one sigma over 7 days at ±449 points (2.00%): 21,973–22,871, and 21,524–23,320 at two. Every session of the week from 5 Oct 2026 is held against that band, not one redrawn each day.

Session	Close	Band
Mon 5 Oct 2026	22,555.75	inside
Tue 6 Oct 2026	22,776.10	inside

Observation date: 1 Oct 2026
Updated: 23:45 IST on 6 Oct 2026
Units: index points; one sigma from INDIA VIX over seven days
Frequency: weekly, drawn at the last close before the week
Source: NSE's daily index close file (NSE index closes)

The front expiry's book

Open interest on the 13 Oct 2026 contract, 7 days out, as the bhavcopy settled it. A wall is the heaviest strike on its side; resistance and support are the heaviest above and below the close.

Reading	Strike	Open interest
Call wall	24,000	59.9 L · 7.7% of calls
Put wall	21,500	69.1 L · 7.9% of puts
Resistance	24,000	59.9 L
Support	21,500	69.1 L
Max pain	22,700	—
Put/call ratio	1.13	—
Calls, all strikes	—	775.1 L · +2,87,94,415 on the day
Puts, all strikes	—	874.7 L · +3,86,19,750 on the day

Observation date: 6 Oct 2026
Updated: 18:45 IST on 6 Oct 2026
Units: contracts of open interest; strikes in index points
Frequency: each NSE session
Source: NSE F&O bhavcopy (option settles)

The dealer-gamma board

Computed on the desk from the 13 Oct 2026 chain's settles: where dealers' hedging damps the index (above the flip) or amplifies it (below), and the strikes it leans on.

Reading	Value	Note
Net gamma	−₹0.0 cr	calls −₹0.0 cr · puts ₹0.0 cr
Flip	22,675	close above it: damped
Pin	22,700	conviction 26.90
Floor · ceiling	22,700 · 22,700	max pain 22,700
ATM IV	12.1%	term slope 0.384 · skew 4.022
PCR	1.15	7 days to expiry

Observation date: 6 Oct 2026
Updated: 18:45 IST on 6 Oct 2026
Units: rupees of dealer gamma per index point; levels in index points
Frequency: each NSE session, computed on the desk
Source: computed on the desk from the bhavcopy (the stored gamma board)

Who holds the index futures

NSE's participant-wise report for 6 Oct 2026, against 5 Oct 2026. index futures, all underlyings, in contracts.

Client	Long	Short	Net	Change	Long %
FII	30,285	3,24,010	−2,93,725	+8,666	8.5
DII	47,973	14,072	+33,901	+1,073	77.3
Proprietary	52,602	29,878	+22,724	−4,806	63.8
Retail / other clients	2,97,348	60,248	+2,37,100	−4,933	83.2

Observation date: 6 Oct 2026
Updated: 18:45 IST on 6 Oct 2026
Units: contracts
Frequency: each report day; NSE publishes a session behind
Source: NSE participant-wise open interest (the participant report)

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